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Alan Murphy @allgumsblazing.bsky.social · 10d

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Alan Murphy @allgumsblazing.bsky.social · 11d

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Alan Murphy @allgumsblazing.bsky.social · 11d

You wait and three storms come at once. Thank you!

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Alan Murphy @allgumsblazing.bsky.social · 12d

My solo instrumental album. "Ambient 2: music for bus stations" (with apologies to Brian Eno).

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Kevin MacAlan @kevinmacalan.bsky.social · 13d

It’s that man again! @allgumsblazing.bsky.social

Great work, Alan. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Metachrosis Literary Magazine @metachrosislitmag.bsky.social · 13d

Our featured piece for today from Issue 5 is Animalculum by @allgumsblazing.bsky.social ! You can find this issue's digital and physical editions on our website: metachrosislitmag.com. You can also order a physical copy while you're there. #litmag #literarymagazine #art

Animalculum,
Alan Murphy, Digital Photograph.

Below is an image of a gray surface with orange patterns that resemble stains. The orange pattern vary in size and shape, though all are circular. They splay out across the length of the image. On the right hand side is a small white rectangle. The rectangle is roughly half the width of the image and is in the mid-ground. In this white rectangle are horizontal lines that flow and diver in a number of different ways and are different colours, all the lines are thin. The image is surrounded by a thin black border.

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Alan Murphy @allgumsblazing.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks Mr MacA! The way they've presented the image, it looks to me like an album cover.🤔 For ambient music maybe?

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Alan Murphy @allgumsblazing.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks for reposting! 👍🏻

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Metachrosis Literary Magazine @metachrosislitmag.bsky.social · 13d

Our featured piece for today from Issue 5 is Animalculum by @allgumsblazing.bsky.social ! You can find this issue's digital and physical editions on our website: metachrosislitmag.com. You can also order a physical copy while you're there. #litmag #literarymagazine #art

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Damien B Donnelly @eatthestorms.com · 17d

⚡️Meet the Stormers of Issue V ⚡️

Ellen Harrold is an Irish artist, writer, & editor-in-chief of Metachrosis Literary. She uses painting, drawing, text, and textiles to explore anatomy, physics, and ecology. ellenharrold.art

Supported by #fingalarts & @dublincityoflit.bsky.social

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Alan Murphy @allgumsblazing.bsky.social · 19d

My poem The Life and Death of an Aran Jumper appears in the latest issue of Poetry Bus. Out now! #poetry #poetrybus #aranjumper

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Metachrosis Literary Magazine @metachrosislitmag.bsky.social · 21d

Our featured piece for today from Issue 5 is a fragment from 'Convection (Victory) Columns', by Ross McDiarmid! You can find this issue's digital and physical editions on our website: metachrosislitmag.com. You can also order a physical copy while you're there. #litmag #literarymagazine #poetry

Convection (Victory) Columns
Ross McDiarmid

Joys rebound as off glass; ceilins
ay sheer aether keep them. Below –
knee-deep – in thought, a figure gains
weight fie graven mass. Gravity –
What force! – burdens their mien. So fraught,
Homo Spiritualis waits
’twixt, neither plume, nor swoon – for fate,
like the stars, exceeds. Their prayers

Alongside the verse in an arrow pointing down, indicating the order in which the words are read.

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Damien B Donnelly @eatthestorms.com · 21d

Meet the Stormers of Issue V

Alan Murphy is an award-nominated writer and illustrator of four collections of poetry for children and teenagers. He has contributed art & poetry to numerous digital & print journals

The Storms is supported by #fingalartso & #dublincityoflit

Arrives Nov

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Alan Murphy @allgumsblazing.bsky.social · 22d

Get your waterfords to Waterford!

Kevin MacAlan @kevinmacalan.bsky.social · 25d

It’s time to write your waterfords for 2025’s competition.

We’re delighted to say this year’s judge will be the incomparable @allgumsblazing.bsky.social

Visit waterford.carrd.co for details and means of entry.

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Kevin MacAlan @kevinmacalan.bsky.social · 25d

It’s time to write your waterfords for 2025’s competition.

We’re delighted to say this year’s judge will be the incomparable @allgumsblazing.bsky.social

Visit waterford.carrd.co for details and means of entry.

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Alan Murphy @allgumsblazing.bsky.social · Jul 26

This is a collaboration I was very happy to be part of, now on the Palestine Embassy website. Thank you Kevin and the embassy.

Kevin MacAlan @kevinmacalan.bsky.social · Jul 26

Coinciding with my contribution to the upcoming @madridlitmag.bsky.social #PoemsforPalestine edition, I am also excited to have a piece “Pyre” paired with phenomenal artwork by @allgumsblazing.bsky.social, and exhibited by the Palestine embassy in Dublin. palestineembassy.ie/artistic_con... #gaza

Artistic Contributions

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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · Jul 25

#BookSky

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Metachrosis Literary Magazine @metachrosislitmag.bsky.social · Jul 24

Metachrosis Issue 5 is now live! You can check out the full issue for free and order a print copy via: metachrosislitmag.com/metachrosis-... . If you enjoy the issue and want to help support us, you can also pop to our Ko-Fi. Thanks to all our amazing contributors! #litmag #literarymagazine

Issue 5 is out now!
Catacombs / Wavelength / Remains
Below is an image of the metachrosis Issue 5 cover.
Metchachrosis Magazine

The print cover of Metachrosis Issue 5 features the Title Metachrosis in light orange on a background of orange and black tie-dye. Underneath is a painting of a young woman crouched over a tree stump with plates and food. She is scraping jam out of a jar and wearing a loose, white dress and chunky shoes. Below is the text "Issue 5, Summer 2025." It is laid out on freshly cut grass.

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Metachrosis Literary Magazine @metachrosislitmag.bsky.social · Jun 13

Just reviewing our proof copies of issue 5! Can't wait to share it with everyone in just over a month. ❤️
#litmag #literarymagazine

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Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · Apr 25

Some Beckett quotes just feel a bit more on brand than others

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Alan Murphy @allgumsblazing.bsky.social · Apr 25

A fun night!

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Kevin MacAlan @kevinmacalan.bsky.social · Apr 24

Excited to be reading my poem “Not All Disabilities are Visible” at tonight’s launch of The Martello. The esteemed @allgumsblazing.bsky.social and arts group maestro @mrsvickyday.bsky.social will also be in attendance.

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Mad Swirl @madswirl.bsky.social · Mar 30

"The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others." Vincent van Gogh

We love us the poets, writers, artists & performers who have blessed us with their presence on our stage, page & web all woven inside this week's edition of "The Best of Mad Swirl!"

The Best of Mad Swirl : 03.29.25

The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others. Vincent van Gogh ••• The Mad Gallery •••

madswirl.com

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West Waterford Arts Group @westwaterfordag.bsky.social · Mar 30

The next edition of Just to Say: tune in to hear about @mollytwomey.bsky.social's forthcoming second collection. And our very own @kevinmacalan.bsky.social will be reading. Not to be missed!

Wed 2 Apr at 7pm. Contact [email protected] for the Zoom link.
#poetry #skypoets #poetsonbluesky

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Mad Swirl @madswirl.bsky.social · Mar 23

"When I think of art I think of beauty. Beauty is the mystery of life." ~ Agnes Martin

The only mystery in this week's beat-utiful edition of "The Best of Mad Swirl" is why you haven't checked it out yet! What'cha waitin' for?...

The Best of Mad Swirl : 03.22.25

When I think of art I think of beauty. Beauty is the mystery of life. Agnes Martin ••• The Mad Gallery •••

madswirl.com

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Alan Murphy @allgumsblazing.bsky.social · Mar 19

My poem "Metamour" appears in the new issue of The Stony Thursday Book, one of Ireland's longest running poetry journals. Launch on the 25th in Limerick City Library! ☺️

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